Mercy's Spicy Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

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Recipe: Spicy Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta
How long does it take? 25 minutes
Category: Omnivore
Name: Mercy
Why is it a favorite meal? It's fast, easy, and the ingredients are few and easy to get!

Spicy Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta

5 cloves of garlic, minced
3 tbs of fresh basil leaves, chiffonaded
1 packed cup sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil, drained
1 tbs olive oil
1 cup milk
1/2 cup cream
1 tsp hot red pepper flakes
1 lb. pasta (I used long fettucine)

1. Start boiling a large enough pot of water to cook your pasta.
2. While waiting for pot to boil, mince garlic, chiffonaded basil, and process sun-dried tomatoes in a food processor.
3. heat up a large saute pan on medium-high heat. When the pan is hot, add the olive oil.
4. Once the olive oil is hot, add the garlic and basil, and saute until fragrant. Add the processed sun-dried tomatoes and saute for an additional 2 minutes.
5. At this point, the water should be boiling. Add pasta and cook until al dente.
6. While the pasta is cooking, add the milk and cream to your saute pan, and simmer on medium heat. The sauce will slowly thicken as it cooks.
7. Add red pepper flakes (you can increase or decrease this amount to your liking).
8. Cook down for approximately 7 minutes, and season with salt and pepper to your liking.
9. Drain the pasta, reserving some pasta water in case the sauce needs some thinning.
10. add pasta to sauce, and mix (add additional pasta water if too thick), garnishing with extra basil if desired.

Enjoy!

• This is a vegetarian dish, but can easily be modified to include meat, such as chicken or shrimp.

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Oh yum. I was looking for a way to really showcase the faux sun-dried tomatoes I made from the tomatoes I grew this year (I used a dehydrator instead of sun- or oven-drying). This looks like the perfect recipe.

- Amelia of Gradually Greener

posted by GreenCayennes on September 18th 2009 at 10:33am
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I tried making this for breakfast 30 minutes ago and after 3 bites I threw up. Only because it tasted SO DELICIOUS. Much better than that other bourgeois recipe on this site with 80 up thumbs. Thank you for saving my morning!

posted by izrofel on September 18th 2009 at 11:00am
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^ WTF?

posted by iphigenia on September 18th 2009 at 12:08pm
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Um. What?

posted by frostiblack on September 18th 2009 at 1:53pm
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Wow! It's pretty fast and easy to prepare! Thanks for the clear directions (and awesome photos)! I hope you win :)

posted by oOoLittle on September 18th 2009 at 3:21pm
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Looks amazing! Thanks for the recipe and great pics Mercy!

posted by ajang27 on September 18th 2009 at 6:19pm
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Just made this for dinner tonight. It was great!

One note though, be careful of how salty your tomatoes are. My sauce came out a bit oversalted - I probably should have put less tomatoes in.

posted by engill on September 19th 2009 at 7:47am
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I made this for dinner last night too. It was great, and really easy. The only thing I did differently was that I had to use a can of fire roasted diced tomatoes because I was in a rush and couldn't find sun-dried. Still good that way though.

posted by lps on September 19th 2009 at 10:02am
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This was dee-ree-ceeous. Even though I have not had it. Yet.

posted by rhodajien on September 20th 2009 at 2:17am
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after a long hard days work, i decided to whip this this meal up and it was DEE lish! so flavorfully!

posted by lyfer81 on September 20th 2009 at 2:17am
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I rikey dis.

posted by hooray on September 20th 2009 at 2:27am
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I'm imagining what it would taste like. and it is GOOD.

posted by martonsky on September 20th 2009 at 2:28am
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I neglected my toast while looking at these pictures and now it's burnt. But I dun care. This looks SO good.

posted by e7151m on September 20th 2009 at 2:54am
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looks delicious and fresh!

posted by joshywashi on September 20th 2009 at 3:02am
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i love spicy i love pasta and i love women who can cook spicy pastas!

posted by jairusonly on September 20th 2009 at 3:03am
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How many servings does this make?

posted by caseyshively on September 30th 2009 at 9:56am
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i halved it and it made two nice sized portions. we added 2 smallish sized salads and it was perfect (and delicious) for dinner.

posted by rbeardsl on October 29th 2009 at 5:57pm
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